Young, Gifted and Black
The Lumpkin-Boccuzzi Family
Collection of Contemporary Art
curated by Antwaun Sargent and Matt Wycoff
Exhibition Dates:
September 2, 2021 through December 11, 2021
Location:
Gallery 400 at the University of Illinois
400 S. Peoria Street
Chicago, IL 60607 (map)
Public Gallery Hours:
Thursday & Friday, 10am-5pm
Saturday, 12-5pm
About the Exhibition
Including the work of two successive generations of Black artists, Young, Gifted and Black explores the lines of lineage and association in the ways contemporary artists of African descent impact the way we think about identity, politics, and art history itself. Curated by Antwaun Sargent and Matt Wycoff, this group exhibition features the work of fifty artists from the Lumpkin-Boccuzzi Family Collection of Contemporary Art, New York. The traveling exhibition has been described as “a masterful showcase of some of the most innovative and influential contemporary black artists.” With works exploring a vast range of concepts from language, identity, sexuality, political and social struggle in African-American communities to the significance of color, abstraction, and landscapes, this exhibition is “a symphony of voices and visions from across generations all around the globe, creating a mellifluous confluence of style, media, and subject matter.”
Featured Artists
Derrick Adams, Tunji Adeniyi-Jones, Sadie Barnette, Kevin Beasley, Nayland Blake, Jordan Casteel, Jonathon Lyndon Chase, Caitlin Cherry, Bethany Collins, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Cy Gavin, Alteronce Gumby, Chase Hall, Allison Janae Hamilton, David Hammons, Kenyatta A. C. Hinkle, Lonnie Holley, Tomashi Jackson, Rashid Johnson, Jarrett Key, Deana Lawson, Samuel Levi Jones, Glenn Ligon, Eric Mack, Kerry James Marshall, Troy Michie, Wardell Milan, Narcisisster, Arcmanoro Niles, Clifford Owens, Jennifer Packer, Adam Pendleton, Christina Quarles, Andy Robert, Jacolby Satterwhite, Paul Mpagi Sepuya, Gerald Sheffield, Lorna Simpson, Sable Elyse Smith, Vaughn Spann, Henry Taylor, Chiffon Thomas, Mickalene Thomas, William Villalonga, Kara Walker, Nari Ward, D'Angelo Lovell Williams, Wilmer Wilson IV, and Lynette Yiadom-Boakye
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